CVE-2015-2769
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Personal Email Manager (PEM) in Websense TRITON AP-EMAIL before 8.0.0 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities exist in the Personal Email Manager (PEM) component of Websense TRITON AP-EMAIL versions prior to 8.0.0. These flaws allow remote attackers to perform actions on behalf of authenticated users by tricking them into visiting malicious pages, effectively hijacking their session authentication.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 7.8.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Websense TRITON AP-EMAIL versionLocate the installed TRITON AP-EMAIL version through the product's administration console, installer logs, or system information panel. Typical locations include the Control > Settings > About section in the web interface, or check the installer/package metadata on the server.Affected if The installed version is 7.8.3 or any version prior to 8.0.0
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Confirm Personal Email Manager (PEM) is enabledAccess the TRITON AP-EMAIL administration interface and navigate to the Personal Email Manager module or feature list. Verify whether the PEM component is actively configured or deployed for end users.Affected if PEM is enabled and in use on the system
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Check PEM configuration for anti-CSRF protectionsExamine the HTML forms and request handling within the PEM interface. Inspect the source code of PEM pages for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens or unique request identifiers in forms and AJAX requests.Affected if PEM forms lack anti-CSRF token validation in their request handling
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Inspect PEM request handling for Origin/Referer validationReview the server-side request processing logs or configuration for PEM endpoints. Verify whether incoming requests are validated against expected Origin or Referer headers before executing sensitive actions.Affected if PEM does not validate Origin or Referer headers on sensitive operations
The environment is affected if Websense TRITON AP-EMAIL version is 7.8.3 or earlier AND the Personal Email Manager component is enabled, since these versions lack anti-CSRF protections in PEM.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Websense TRITON AP-EMAIL to version 8.0.0 or later, which contains the patch for these CSRF vulnerabilities. As a compensating control, implement anti-CSRF tokens in application forms and validate the Origin/Referer headers on sensitive requests.
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